Trade Bait, Buyers, Sellers and In Play …
TSN: Trade Bait list
- Andrew Ladd
- Mikkel Boedker
- Loui Eriksson
- Jonathan Drouin
- Eric Staal
- Kris Russell
- Dan Hamhuis
- Nail Yakupov
- Dale Weise
- Jiri Hudler
- Jamie McGinn
- Teddy Purcell
- Justin Schultz
- P.A. Parenteau
- Lars Eller
- Lee Stempniak
- Kris Versteeg
- David Schlemko
- David Jones
- James Reimer
Dan Rosen of NHL.com: Looking at five buyers
Chicago Blackhawks – need a top-six winger.
Dallas Stars – help on the blueline
Florida Panthers – scoring help
Los Angeles Kings – help on the blueline
St. Louis Blues – need depth upfront
Looking at five sellers
Arizona Coyotes
Calgary Flames – move pending UFAs
Carolina Hurricanes – move on from Eric Staal and see if you can move Cam Ward
Montreal Canadiens – don’t do anything rash
Vancouver Canucks – move pending UFAs
Five key forwards in play
Mikkel Boedker – Arizona Coyotes
Jiri Hudler – Calgary Flames
Andrew Ladd – Winnipeg Jets
Eric Staal – Carolina Hurricanes
Dale Weise – Montreal Canadiens
Five key defensemen in play
Tom Gilbert – Montreal Canadiens
Dan Hamhuis – Vancouver Canucks
Nikita Nikitin – Edmonton Oilers
Kris Russell – Calgary Flames
Justin Schultz – Edmonton Oilers
Five players who shouldn’t be traded
Jonathan Drouin – Tampa Bay Lightning
Loui Eriksson – Boston Bruins
Travis Hamonic – New York Islanders
Kyle Okposo – New York Islanders
Keith Yandle – New York Rangers
Jared Clinton of The Hockey News: Five low-cost trade deadline targets.
Dale Weise – Montreal – $1.05 million
Lee Stempniak – New Jersey – $850,000
P.A. Parenteau – Toronto – $1.5 million
Brad Boyes – Toronto – $700,000
Tomas Fleischmann – Montreal – $750,000
